Irony takes nothing away from pathos.

“I’m dazzled by your facility. In ten days you’ll have written six stories! I do…”

“Mais, à mesure que se serrait davantage l'intimité de leur vie, un détachement …”

“Quanto a Emma, non si chiedeva se lo amasse. Ella credeva che l'amore dovesse a…”

“Read in order to live.”